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Cheech & Chong making new movie

Compiled by Tony Hicks

Contra Costa Times

Posted:
03/25/2014 12:06:10 PM PDT

Updated:
03/25/2014 12:07:03 PM PDT

Cheech & Chong will make a new movie.

According to Rolling Stone, via The Hollywood Reporter, via Celebstoner.com (welcome to the Internet), the world's most famous couple of stoners will team with director Jay Chandrasekhar (veteran of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe). A spokesman for Cheech Marin confirmed the news to Rolling Stone.

Brilliant. They can redo one of their old movies. Either the audience will be too young to remember, or they've fried too many brain cells to even try.

"(Jay is) working on a script right now for us," Tommy Chong said. "We've had some preliminary meetings. It looks really good. It looks really funny. It will be about us going to a festival called the Burning Joint. All sorts of shenanigans happen. It's going to be a lot of fun."

It would be the duo's first official Cheech & Chong movie since 1983's "Still Smokin'." Chandrasekhar would be a good choice, as his credits include "Super Troopers" and "Beerfest."

Chong said he hopes the project can begin filming this summer. He pointed out that, although they approved it, they weren't part of 2013's "Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie."

"It was not done with our involvement," Chong says. "They animated the old records. I thought for what they had, it was great. We didn't have to write anything. All Cheech and I had to do was look at it and go yea or no. I liked it."

The pair also said in a release they've recorded a new song with War and will tour with the group this summer.